Denver Basin aquifers, like the Ogallala, get little replenishment from mountain snows. Instead of growing corn or potatoes, the water goes to urban needs in one of America’s wealthier areas.

This story is a part of Understanding Southern Colorado's Groundwater, an occasional series from KRCC about groundwater resources. Read more stories here.

This story is a part of Understanding Southern Colorado's Groundwater, an occasional series from KRCC about groundwater resources. Read more stories here. As drought and demand affect water resources ...

Learn more about how researchers track water movement through a technique called fingerprinting at Yellowstone National Park.

The 3,709-acre sanctuary near Palm Desert, set aside within the Coachella Valley Preserve by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, protects fragile dune ecosystems and the federally threatened fringe-toed ...

In relatively dry southern Colorado, they also provide a secondary round of water storage. The first round is Colorado’s snowpack, which, as it melts, feeds groundwater that fens’ spongy peat captures ...